4.10. Investments level in
Huye water enterprise
HUYE water enterprise is an individual company of Mr. GAKWAYA
Etienne whose capital was 83,404,822 RWF at the beginning in 1998 but currently
increased up to the capital of 149,000,000 RWF.
This sector was invested in the different activities, the
main ones in which the industry invested a lot of money include, initial inputs
with 37.29%, new machines 36.24%, chemical products 8% and vehicle repairs
with 8.33% other activities took a minimum amount of money.
Table 4.4 Huye water
enterprise Investment level
|
Number
|
Nature of investment
|
Amount in RWF
|
Percentage
|
|
1
|
Replacement of old machine with new ones
|
54,000,000
|
36.24
|
|
2
|
Initial inputs
|
55,574,323
|
37.29
|
|
3
|
Chemical product
|
12,000,790
|
8
|
|
4
|
Machines and other materials concerned with vehicle repair
|
12,424,887
|
8.33
|
|
5
|
Information on training, technique and technique visitors
|
10,400,000
|
6.97
|
|
6
|
Taxes and others requirements
|
4,600,000
|
3.08
|
|
Total
|
|
149,000,000
|
|
(Source: Annual report ,15th, May 2013 , Huye
water enterprise Finance department)
4.11. Findings related to the contribution of Huye
water enterprise to the economic development of Rwanda on the beneficiaries?
welfare.
4.11.1 Distribution of respondents by Sex and
Age
Data is drawn from both male and female respondents and to
assess whether both equally benefit
from Huye water enterprise's activities
following is the table showing the respondents distribution according to Age
group and sex.
Table 4. 5 Respondents by
age group and sex:
|
Age
|
Male
|
Female
|
TOTAL
|
|
Group
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frequencies
|
Frequencies
|
Frequencies
|
Percentage
|
|
<20
|
3(10)
|
1(2.77)
|
21
|
31.8
|
|
21-30
|
10(33.33)
|
11(30.5)
|
29
|
36.4
|
|
31-40
|
12(40)
|
17(47.23)
|
11
|
23.2
|
|
41-50
|
4(13.33)
|
7(19.44)
|
1
|
16.7
|
|
>60
|
0(0)
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Total
|
30
|
36
|
66
|
100
|
(Source: Primary data)
Note: Percentages are indicated in
brackets
Out of 66 respondents, 2 of technical staff and 64
beneficiaries, 31.8% have declared to lie in group of 21-30 years, 36.4% appear
in the category of 31-40 years old, and only 16.7% declared to be in the
category of 51-60.
Most of respondents are women since it has been observed that
women are of the vast majority
in trading activities such as in mini- market, chops, etc and
it has a large number of workers as their represent 57.1% and 53.7% of the
total population respectively.
They are playing indispensable role in Huye water enterprise's
activities and in improving the quality of life in their households.
Table 4.6 Beneficiaries
views about their achievements
|
Benefits/achievements
|
After working in Huye water enterprise
|
|
Nutrition
|
54
|
84
|
|
Affording medical insurance
|
52
|
81.25
|
|
Building/or rehabilitating house
|
35
|
54.68
|
|
Affording basic needs( clothing,
improved healthcare, etc)
|
57
|
89
|
|
Milk production or affording to buy
milk for consumption
|
50
|
78.1
|
|
Paying school fees for children
|
42
|
65.63
|
|
Owning domestic animal
|
41
|
64.0
|
|
Animal Sheds construction
|
23
|
35.93
|
|
Buying other materials(cars, motovehicles, mattress, bicycles,
radios, etc)
|
39
|
60.9
|
|
Other achievements
|
14
|
21.8
|
|
Total respondents
|
64
|
100
|
(Source : primary data)
Accordingly, nutritional as well as health conditions have
been improved essentially because of milk production, income from milk
production, and increased agricultural income due to manure use, etc. For
instance almost of them consume milk in their households. Consequently 89%
agree to have access on healthcares and 65.63 % are able to pay school fees for
their children.
Compared to their livelihoods before working and after working
within Huye water enterprise as employees, respondents declared that before the
majority gaining cows from Huye water enterprise began, there were few
households consuming milk. Basically the reasons behind was that few of these
regions only did own dairy cows and thus, they could not afford to buy milk.
Therefore milk consumption determines improvements in family happiness as
obviously the bigger number of children per household needed constant use of
milk in their daily consumption.
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